The Hendrick appeal hearing begins at 9 a.m. ET at the NASCAR R&D Center in Concord, N.C. SPEED and SPEED.com will be onsite to provide updates throughout the day.

It is expected that the hearing will conclude in early afternoon.

Team crew chief Chad Knaus and car chief Ron Malec were suspended for six weeks after NASCAR officials said the No. 48 car’s C posts did not conform to specifications after pre-qualifying inspection in Daytona Beach last month.